Wind-shield.



J. H. SPRAGUE.

WIND SHIELD.

I APPLICATION FILED mums, 1909.

Patented Sept. 7, 1909.

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' WIND-SHIELD.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. '7, 1909- application filed January 28,1909. Serial No. 474,549.

To'all whom a may mm Be it known that-I, JAMES H. SPRAGUE, a

' citizen of the United States, and-a resident form of supporting means for holding the two sections in any desired position in respect to each other I Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a parttof this specification, in which similar characters of ref-. aerence indicate corresponding parts all the. figures, and in which Figure 1 1s a slde elevation of a portion of a motor. vehicle. having a wind shield con- Fig.'2 is a-sectio'n through. the upper per-j A. tion of the shield and on an enlarged scale;

and Fig. 3 is a front view of the shield, a

portion of the supporting means for the up-Y per section being broken away. 3

Wind shields have been designed in which the upper section .has been hinged to the lower section and supported by braces pivoted to the upper section and having their lower ends sliding on braces for the lower section, and wind shields have also been designed in which the two sections wereconnected together b links at their ends, but in my present construction, I hinge the two sections together and support the upper sec.-'

tion by links pivoted thereto and having their lower ends slidaloly. connected to brackl ets on the lower section and independent of the braces which support said lower section.

In thespecific form illustrated, I employ a stationary lower section 10, and a movable upper section 11, each having a peripheral frame 12and a sheet of glass or other transparent material. 13. The details of the construction of the frame and the mounting for theglass constitute no portion of the invention hereinafter claimed, a nd maybe of; any

. construction suitable'for the purpose;

The lower section 10 is provided with forwardly-extending brackets 14, 14, rigidly secured to the frame at op osite sides and adjacent the upper edge. he two brackets 14 extend forwardly-substantially parallel and lie substantially in a horizontal plane! The forward ends of the brackets may be supported from the lower section bydiag- 1 on'al brace-rod 14?, the outer ends of which are secured to the outer ends of the brackets 14,-the lower ends of which are secured to the lower section. If the brackets 14 are made sufiiciently large and rigid, these braces 14"may be omitted- The lower section is preferably braced o'r' supported adjacent its upper edge by supporting rods or braces 15', eachha'ving' its lowenend connected to a stationary-portion of the vehicle, and having its upper end connected-to the lower section but independent of, thebracketsv 1 4 The brackets 14. constitute no portion of the brace of the lower section and are separate and distinct therefrom. The lower edge of the lower'sectionniay be secured to the vehicle by any'suitable tie-rods 16, which to- The 'frame of the upper section 11 is hinged to the frameof the lower section 10 at their meetingedges'and' adjacent the op posit-e vertical edges oflthe shield.- Any su table form of hinged? maybe employed,

- which-will permit the movable section to be swung upwardly into a position in alinement with the. lower section or toi'be swung rearindicated in Fig. 1.. The frame'of the upper section at the opposite vertical edges thereof and intermediate the up er and lower ed es is provided with-small racketsjl8, 18, mg}

idly clamped in place, and to the .outer sides of these brackets are pivoted two links 19,

19'. The links extend forwardly and down" wardly and'at their lower 'ends are-adjustgether with the braces 15, hold the lower section stationary and rigid, structed'in accordance with my invention;

. wardLy-and downwardly to a position sub- 1 stantfally' parallelwwith'thelower section, as

ably connected to the brackets14,'so. as to I lock the upper ,shieldagainst .movement.

The brackets 14 are eacht'provided with a slot 20 extending lengthwise thereof, and each link 19 at its lower end carries a bolt 21 disposed in a plane parallel to the plane responding slot 20; The bolts are carried by the'links and are movablellengthwise of the ing in respect to the bracket. 1 The threads .of the shield and extending through the corslots. At the outer end 0t each ,bo'lt there is 7 on the outer end of one bolt have an opposite pitch from the threads on the outer .end

of the other bolt, so that to loosen both of the bolts, the hand-wheels 22 may be turned in the same direction. The slots are of such lengthjand the brackets 14 are so dis posed that when the section 11 is in either its raised or its lowered position, the bolts will lie at the forward ends ,of their slotsg and when the section 11 is in a substantially horizontal position, the boltswill be at the rear ends of their slots. Thus, the front ends of i the slots constitute stops and limit the movements of the links and serve to hold the upper section against movement past its limiting position, independently of the tightening of the bolts. The side ofeachbracket opposite to its link, that is, the side which receives the head of the bolt, is preferably roughened, notched, or provided with a series of recesses 23, as illustrated particularly in Fig. 2, whereby the upper section maybe more effectively locked in 'an intermediate position and the'bolts. prevented from slippiII g along the slots.

vmcr thus described mv invention. T

stantially parallel to the lower section and upon the side thereof opposite to said bracket, a link having one end pivoted to the upper section, a bolt extendingthrough the opposite end of said link at substantially right angles thereto and through said 'slot and constituting a pivotal and sliding connection between the link and bracket, and a supporting brace for the lower section independent of thebracket.

In testimony whereof I have signed my.

name to this specification in the presence of two iubscribing witnesses.-

. JAMES H. SPRAGUE.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. STRATTON, l. A. Ymn'm. 

